TOURE
PEP GUARDIOLA has continued to show his ruthless side by
axing Yaya Toure from Manchester
City’s Champions League squad.
The Ivorian, whose
future has been in doubt ever since the Spaniard took charge of the club,
will play no part in City’s European adventure.
Guardiola faced the dilemma of banishing one of his
overseas stars with UEFA demanding each side submit a maximum of 17.
And as expected, Toure is the man to miss out despite being
included in the squad that comfortably beat Steaua Bucharest in the Champions
League play-offs.
City only named 15 overseas players for the play-off
encounter but with the signing of Claudio Bravo and the returns of Vincent
Kompany and Ilkay Gundogan from injury, one player had to miss out on the call.
It is not the first time Guardiola has
shown no mercy axing big names from his squad as England
stopper Joe Hart quickly found out.
Manchester City will face their first match of the group
stage at home Borussia Monchengladbach on September 13 before travelling
to Celtic 15 days later.
They then have back-to-back clashes against Guardiola’s
former club Barcelona.
Manchester City full squad
Goalkeepers – Claudio Bravo, Willy Caballero
Defenders – Bacary Sagna, Vincent Kompany, Pablo
Zabaleta, Aleksandar Kolarov, Gael Clichy, John Stones, Nicolas Otamendi
Midfielders – Fernando, Raheem Sterling, Ilkay Gundogan,
Jesus Navas, Kevin De Bruyne, Fabian Delph, Leroy Sane, David Silva,
Fernandinho
Attackers – Nolito, Sergio Aguero, Kelechi
Iheanacho
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